June 5, 2023

Hugo Migration

Something’s changed obviously- I’ve migrated from wordpress to Hugo, a static site builder, this means the 1000+ posts I’ve had are likely mangled, but I don’t care. I’d like to start posting again, but I’ve been avoiding it because I can’t stand wordpress any longer.

This will get prettier as I continue on.

October 8, 2021

Earbud Comparison

ok, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’ve mainly been waiting on migrating off wordpress to Hugo, but that hasn’t happened and I need to collect my thoughts. If you know me, you know I can be… Picky. I over-obsess about decisions (I have a spreadsheet with 17 apple varieties after finding out that Red Delicious were in fact the least delicious) to the point of absurdity. One of the things I’m most picky about are headphones.

March 7, 2020

DD Blocksize

I’ve been working with Linux for 20 years, and dd has always been that dangerous tool that makes me nervous to use. While trying to burn a series of SD cards through a USB adapter, I decided to performance test various Block Size (BS) settings, and figured I’d share the results. The following transfer rates were the result of copying the RancherOS from my local SSD to a microcenter XC 64GB SD card using a USB adapter.

September 27, 2019

Unfinished Drafts: Proposal for New Server Implementation

Two issues: Builds and …Everything Else Builds have been a sore point for our for our team for some time. Common complaints involve: Reliance on a proprietary tool (HP RDP), which is windows based and owned by another team Reliance on DNS entries for the build process, which may take days to go through Lack of Tribal knowledge of the build process (only 2 team members are fully educated in it) Lack of visibility and documentation of the process and details Lack of centralized account management ownership Slow to resolve issues with build (no default jdk install, ulimit) Newly built servers are not up to date (patched) Aged distributions (SLES 9, SLES 10) require hardware-specific drivers on newer hardware.

September 27, 2019

Unfinished Drafts: Battle system

This article is from sometime in 2008. I was kicking around the algorithms for combat. While it didn’t go anywhere, it’s interesting to see where my mind was. Battle mechanics are always fun… but how to calculate battle and/or damage… Base characters stats Fighter Snapper Snake Worg Fighter (lvel 2) Fighter (level 20) Lvl 1 1 11 19 2 20 atk 12 5 15 28 16 28 def 10 12 5 18 10 18 str 12 12 5 18 16 28 eva 9 5 15 28 9 16 maj 4 2 2 4 4 7 res 6 10 10 18 6 10 con 10 8 5 18 11 18 hp 50 40 25 90 55 90 total 63 54 57 63 Levelling lvl 1: main stats(str,atk) +2, +5 points 27

September 27, 2019

Unfinished Drafts: The Importance of Documentation

This article was originally written on July 19th, 2010, but never published. Documentation is another topic where there appears to be disagreement in the sysadmin world. When to document, what to document, who do document for, and where to store that documentation always seem to be subjects of contention. Everyone likes documentation, but no one has the time to document, and the rules for documentation often feel arbitrary. I’d like to open this up for discussion and figure out some baselines.

September 26, 2019

Unfinished Drafts: Useful Utility: tar

This is another article that sat in the drafts folder for far too long- Last edited Feb 21st, 2006. I fear writing about tar, and that is why I’m determined to finish it in this sitting, so it won’t fester and scare me off of this series. Why am I scared of writing about tar? Well, this is their flags list verbatim from the man page: [ --atime-preserve ] [ -b, --blocking-factor N ] [ -B, --read-full-records ] [ --backup BACKUP-TYPE ] [ --block-com- press ] [ -C, --directory DIR ] [ --check-links ] [ --checkpoint ] [ -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F ] [ -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F ] [ --force-local ] [ --format FORMAT ] [ -g, --listed-incremental F ] [ -G, --incremental ] [ --group GROUP ] [ -h, --dereference ] [ --help ] [ -i, --ignore-zeros ] [ --ignore-case ] [ --ignore-failed-read ] [ --index-file FILE ] [ -j, --bzip2 ] [ -k, --keep-old-files ] [ -K, --starting-file F ] [ --keep-newer-files ] [ -l, --one-file-system ] [ -L, --tape-length N ] [ -m, --touch, --modification-time ] [ -M, --multi-volume ] [ --mode PER- MISSIONS ] [ -N, --after-date DATE, --newer DATE ] [ --newer-mtime DATE ] [ --no-anchored ] [ --no-ignore-case ] [ --no-recursion ] [ --no-same-permissions ] [ --no-wildcards ] [ --no-wildcards-match-slash ] [ --null ] [ --numeric-owner ] [ -o, --old-archive, --portability, --no-same-owner ] [ -O, --to-stdout ] [ --occurrence NUM ] [ --overwrite ] [ --overwrite-dir ] [ --owner USER ] [ -p, --same-permissions, --preserve-permissions ] [ -P, --abso- lute-names ] [ --pax-option KEYWORD-LIST ] [ --posix ] [ --preserve ] [ -R, --block-number ] [ --record-size SIZE ] [ --recursion ] [ --recursive-unlink ] [ --remove-files ] [ --rmt-command CMD ] [ --rsh-command CMD ] [ -s, --same- order, --preserve-order ] [ -S, --sparse ] [ --same-owner ] [ --show-defaults ] [ --show-omitted-dirs ] [ --strip-com- ponents NUMBER, --strip-path NUMBER (1) ] [ --suffix SUFFIX ] [ -T, --files-from F ] [ --totals ] [ -U, --unlink- first ] [ --use-compress-program PROG ] [ --utc ] [ -v, --verbose ] [ -V, --label NAME ] [ --version ] [ --volno-file F ] [ -w, --interactive, --confirmation ] [ -W, --verify ] [ --wildcards ] [ --wildcards-match-slash ] [ --exclude PATTERN ] [ -X, --exclude-from FILE ] [ -Z, --compress, --uncompress ] [ -z, --gzip, --gunzip, --ungzip ] [ -[0-7][lmh] ] So it’s a bit overwhelming.

September 26, 2019

Unused drafts: The Moose

As I prepare to switch to Hugo, I’ve decided to go back through my drafts and publish unfinished works that have some value. This article was last edited Jan 22nd, 2013. The Moose is a special prize within the programming and IT communities. It is claimed, not awarded. The way it works is that you will catch yourself doing something stupid (by your standards), and you will then “claim The Moose.

September 26, 2019

Unfinished Drafts: Useful Utility: cat

This article was originally written back on Feb 21st, 2006. While never completed, I thought it was worth sharing. Cat is a very simple utility- so simple I debated added it to this list. There are however three really useful flags. I’ll try to write as much as I can about it so you don’t feel ripped off by this article. hrm… did that last sentence sound like filler? I swear it wasn’t meant to- that’s completely on accident.

March 20, 2019

proxmox PCI passthrough with windows, Geforce 1070, Ryzen, and B450 Tomahawk

I set up my first Proxmox implementation on my rebuilt gaming PC. The goal was to run proxmox on bare metal, then run a windows VM with hardware passthrough so I could play Elite Dangerous in windows with only a 1-3% performance loss. This would also give me a platform to work on automation tools and containerization. So how did I go about doing it? Well, I started by reading this article: https://techblog.